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Hi all, have an '01 SLK 320, ~ 48k miles. For the first time last night, when I pressed the roof close button forward to close the roof, the button flashed slowly red and would not close the roof (the cover was in place in the trunk). I tried several times and thought I was gonna have to garage it with the roof down - I live in rural PA where it rains about every 5 minutes. As a last ditch effort, I turned off the key, pulled it out, put it back in, restarted the car, and then the roof closed without difficulty. Since I'm not a believer in magic, I'm assuming there's some actuator or something that is going bad but I've been unable to find info on it, including from the dealership mechanic. Thought I'd check here. Thanks!

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Ah, now I see it under the different forum section. Doesn't appear to be the same situation, as I had no beeping nor hit any potholes or anything along those lines - top has been working fine until that odd occurrence last night which cleared with simply removing and replacing the key.

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I do not think this isolated issue means you have a cylinder going out. I think the system was in a state that confused it and when you switched the power it was reset and able to operate, almost like magic :wink: